So many foreigners these days, is your job safe? These are some
interesting qns that you may want to ask yourself:
1) Can a cheapo foreigner do your job?
2) What is your competitive advantage that makes you hard to
replace? If not, what have you done to up your market value?
3) If your pay is above 5k, are you justifying your salary? If
you work for example as an investment banker in a big bank, then
chances are your employers will not easily go for cheapo
foreigners. If engineering, then good luck.
4) What happens if one day your salary reaches 10k? What makes
you think a younger and hungrier grad will not replace you? Unless
you are in professions where old is gold, for eg: pilot
5) To invalidate all of the above, join the civil service. You
are free from foreign competition, or if not, most of it.
1) it depends. Like when I stayed in Australia, I hated those
stupid migrant indians from india (in contrast to msian n sporean
indians), they are rude and don't know how to do their job. My
family and I was vacationing there, we had big lugagges so we
specifically engaged a taxi that is a hatchback. The stupid indian
driver never even bother to help us with the luggage - lazy. Just
stood there while we struggled with our bags. Then I boarded a tram
but took the wrong one, I ask the indian driver where is this
street, he say he don't know, then I got off and he sped off. After
I got off, I looked at the tram sign and found out the street is
within his tram route, Stupid indian driver. No wonder the Aussies
hated the indians there and beat them up. Sorry to say, some of my
best friends are indian msians and sporeans, and i like to
work and hang out with them, but those educated indian
migrants from india that came to Australia, they are lazy and
unfriendly.
2) Sporeans are much more hardworking than anybody in SEA. So
that's your competitive advantage. Have you work with malays in
malaysia? You should then you can see the vast difference.
3) If your pay is above 5k, you better be a long service staff.
Not a job hopper. The only way you can justify that is by
promotion. There are pay ranges for executives and managers. To job
hop is to exclude yourself for any any potential promotion.
Companies only promote long service staffs.
4) If your salary reach 10k, be prepared to be seconded
overseas. usually employers won't keep you here if your salary is
high. You may be asked to lead an office overseas. Be ready to go
to under-develop countries. However China is always the best
alternative for singaporeans.
5) Civil service? If you are qualified.
